Samskara: A Rite for a Dead Man Quizzes

Samskara: A Rite for a Dead Man Quiz 1

1 When was the novel published?
1970

1965

1980

1975
2 Who is the author of the novel?
Amitav Ghosh

U. R. Ananthamurthy

R.K. Narayan

Rabindranath Tagore
3 Who is the protagonist of the novel?
Praneshacharya

Garuda

Naranappa

Chandri
4 What happens at the beginning of the novel?
Garuda attacks Lakshmana

Belli's parents die

Chandri falls in love with Praneshacharya

Naranappa dies
5 Where is the novel set?
Calcutta

New Dehli

Bombay

Durvasapura
6 What is the highest caste in Hinduism?
Shudras

Vaishyas

Brahmin

Kshatriyas
7 What was the novel adapted into?
An opera

A video game

A play

A film
8 What does the community fall into discord over?
Naranappa's funeral rites

Shripati's parentage

Garuda's inheritance

Chandri's jewelry
9 Who is feuding with Lakshmana?
Dasacharya

Garuda

Belli

Praneshacharya
10 What are people not allowed to do until Naranappa's body has been cremated?
Sing

Go for a walk

Dance

Eat a meal
11 What does Chandri offer as payment for the funeral rites?
Cash

Her jewelry

Her hand in marriage

Fine silk
12 Who is the spiritual leader of the community?
Garuda

Naranappa

Praneshacharya

Dasacharya
13 Which of the following things was Naranappa NOT criticized for?
Drinking alcohol

Fishing in the temple pond

Eating meat

Marrying another Brahmin
14 Who did Naranappa leave his wife for?
Padmatavi

Belli

Chandri

It is unknown
15 What religion is the caste system associated with?
Christianity

Judaism

Islam

Hinduism
16 When did the caste system begin to fall out of favor?
The 1950s

The 2000s

The 1990s

The 2010s
17 What film movement did the film adaptation of Samskara start?
Parallel Cinema

New Wave Cinema

The New Hollywood Movement

Poetic Realism
18 What is the genre of the book?
Science fiction

Religious fiction

Naturalist fiction

High fantasy
19 Who directed the film adaptation of the book?
Wes Anderson

Martin Scorsese

Pattabhirama Reddy

Barry Jenkins
20 What is the name of Praneshacharya's wife?
Chandri

Padmatavi

Belli

Bhagirathi
21 What was Praneshacharya's last conversation with Naranappa like?
Warm and friendly

Heated and unpleasant

Bittersweet

Formal
22 Who continually asks about being able to eat?
Lakshmana

Garuda

Dasacharya

Belli
23 Who is Shripati sleeping with?
Putta

Garuda

Belli

Padmatavi
24 What country does the novel take place in?
India

Yemen

Bangladesh

Israel
25 How does Naranappa treat Brahmin customs before he dies?
Honorably

Acceptably

Disrespectfully

Indifferently

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